Chicken Biryani

Name: Chicken Biryani
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups basmati rice; 2 bay leaves; 4 cloves; 4 blackpepper; 1 big cardamom; 2 green cardamom; 1 tsp jeera; 1 chicken cut into pieces; 4 large onions sliced; 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2 tbsp green chilli paste; 3 tomatoes chopped finely; 1 cup curd; 2 tbsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp coriander powder; 1 tsp jeera powder; 1 1/2 tbsp biryani masala (Everest shahi biryani masala); 5-6 tbsp oil; 1/2 cup fried onions for garnishing; 1/2 cup mint and coriander leaves chopped for garnishing; as required Saffron colour; 2 tbsp ghee; as per taste Salt

Zahra Shaikh @cook_9781601

India

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Chicken Biryani is a savory chicken and rice dish that includes layer of chicken, rice and spices.

Zahra Shaikh @cook_9781601

India

#boxweek5
Chicken Biryani is a savory chicken and rice dish that includes layer of chicken, rice and spices.

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Ingredients

2 cupsbasmati rice
2bay leaves
4cloves
4blackpepper
1big cardamom
2green cardamom
1 tspjeera
1chicken cut into pieces
4large onions sliced
2 tbspginger garlic paste
2 tbspgreen chilli paste
3tomatoes chopped finely
1 cupcurd
2 tbspred chilli powder
1 tbspcoriander powder
1 tspjeera powder
1 1/2 tbspbiryani masala (Everest shahi biryani masala)
5-6 tbspoil
1/2 cupfried onions for garnishing
1/2 cup mint and coriander leaves chopped for garnishing
as required Saffron colour
2 tbspghee
as per tasteSalt

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Steps

1

Wash and soak the rice for 20 mins. Cook the rice in a large pot with cloves, black pepper,cardamoms, jeera bay leaves. Cook till 3/4 done. Strain and keep aside
2

Heat oil in a kadai add the sliced onions fry till golden brown, add the chicken pieces stir fry till it changes the colour, add ginger garlic paste fry for a few mins, add red chilli powder, coriander powder, jeera powder and biryani masala and fry for few mins. Then add curds and fry till oil leaves the sides.
3

Then add the chopped tomatoes,salt and cook till the tomatoes are well mashed and mixed with the masala and the chicken is tender.
4

Grease a large pot put a layer of rice then put the chicken masala layer. Then put the left rice on top of the chicken masala. Put saffron colour on the rice, then sprinkle fried onions,chopped coriander and mint leaves and put dots of ghee. Cover and cook on medium flame for 10 to 15 mins. Serve it with raita